New management practices and enterprise training in Australia
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Oczkowski, Edward , Noble, Charles , Macklin, Robert
- Date: 2003
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Manpower Vol. 24, no. 1 (2003), p. 31-47
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- Description: The widespread implementation of new management practices (NMPs) in industrialised countries has had a significant impact on employee training. Examines five NMPs: the learning organisation; total quality management; lean production/high performance work organisations; teamworking; and business process re-engineering. Focuses on the relationship between organisational change and training at the enterprise level. The research identified important findings in six key areas: small business; the use of the vocational education and training system; the importance of the individual; the nature of training; the importance of behavioural skills; and organisational change. The study confirmed that workplace change is a major driver of improved training provision in enterprises. It showed unambiguously that most NMPs are associated with higher levels of training. The integration of training with business strategy was found to be the most important factor in driving training across a wide range of training activities and appears to lead to an across the board boost to enterprise training in all its forms.
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- Description: 2003007186
Mechanisms for increasing employer contributions to training : An international comparison
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Billett, Stephen
- Date: 2004
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: The level of enterprise expenditure on training in Australia appears to be growing, and now compares favourably with countries often held as models for national policy and practice. This report outlines a range of policy options employed internationally, including levies, leverage and partnership arrangements to enhance employer contributions to training. Ultimately, the authors find decisions about expenditure on training depends on employers' interests, values and commitments. If new policies are to be effective and build upon enterprises' commitment to training, it is critical they align with employers' needs, and receive enterprise commitment. For government, a key strategic policy goal is to improve employers' perception of the value of training to increase levels of expenditure.
- Description: 2003007212
Enterprises' commitment to nationally recognised training for existing workers
- Authors: Smith, Erica , Pickersgill, Richard , Smith, Andy , Rushbrook, Peter
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: This report aims to provide a clearer understanding of how and why enterprises use nationally recognised type of training. It finds that an enterprise's decision to engage in recognised training is not made lightly and decisions are made afresh each time a new training need arises. Successfully embedding training in enterprises involves a three-phase process - engagement, extension and integration. In most cases, it is dependent on: positive initial engagement; extension of training through a 'VET evangelist' who 'sells' the benefits of recognised training and persuades management; and, integration of competency standards associated with recognised training into many human resource processes. The availability of funding strongly influences whether enterprises use recognised training. However, one of the key reasons why more enterprises have not taken up this training is lack of awareness.
- Description: 2003006167
Getting employers to spend more on training : Lessons from overseas
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Billett, Stephen
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Funding and financing vocational education and training: Research readings Chapter p. 98-118
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- Description: 2003007216
Learning at a distance: How distance education students use their learning materials
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Smith, Erica
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at What a difference a pedagogy makes: Researching lifelong learning and teaching, Third International Conference, Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning p. 522-529
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Public policies on training and their provenance: An international comparison
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Smith, Erica
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at RWL4 p. 1-15
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Engagement or irrelevance? HRD and the world of policy and practice
- Authors: Smith, Andy
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Human Resource Development International Vol. 5, no. 4 (2006), p. 395-399
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- Description: One of the most attractive features of the discipline of human resource development (HRD) is its constant lively sense of debate. Since its emergence in the mid- 1970s as a new area for inquiry and serious research, the field of HRD has been characterized by a sense of openness and debate that is often lacking in other, older disciplines.
- Description: 2003007200
How lower-level and vulnerable workers benefit from employers' engagement with the national qualification system in Australia
- Authors: Smith, Erica , Smith, Andy
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at ACREWiKCL 2006, Socially responsive, socially responsible approaches to employment and work p. 1-22
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The development of employer training in Australia
- Authors: Smith, Andy
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Education and Training Vol. 48, no. 4 (2006), p. 252-261
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- Description: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the statistical evidence for the extent of employer training in Australia and analyse this information in the light of three major qualitative projects that have been undertaken into employer training since the mid-1990s.
- Description: 2003007198
The evolution of human resource development in Australian firms : Towards a more strategic function
- Authors: Smith, Andy
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Engagement & change: Exploring management, economic and finance implications of a globalising environment Chapter p. 59-68
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- Description: 2003007217
Diploma and advanced diploma qualifications in the community services and health industries
- Authors: Burke, Gerald , Smith, Andy , Dumbrell, Tom , Long, Michael
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Vol. , no. (2008), p.
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- Description: This study investigated several aspects of the value and funding of diplomas and advanced diplomas in community services and health (CSH). It reviewed the extent of training at this level, various data on the employment of persons with these qualifications and the ways training is funded. A number of key questions are addressed in this paper. What is the value of diploma and advanced diploma qualifications in responding to the needs of the CSH industries? How are diplomas and advanced diplomas currently being funded? What is the best way to fund higher level qualifications within the CSH industries? Key findings include: student numbers in diplomas and advanced diplomas have been rising in CSH but declining in most other industries; employment in CSH has been rising rapidly and within CSH the proportion of persons with diplomas or advanced diplomas has been rising; the mandating of minimum qualifications for particular occupations has been an important factor in the increased employment of persons with diplomas in CSH; most of the training for diplomas is provided in government supported training, however, of the small numbers taking advanced diplomas, only a minority are in government supported places; about 13 per cent of all government recurrent expenditure on [vocational education and training] VET is made on CSH Training Package courses; and of that 13 per cent about a third is spent on training for diplomas and advanced diplomas.
Human resource management in Australian registered training organisations
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Hawke, Geof
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: This report forms part of a comprehensive research program that has examined issues related to building the organisational capability of vocational education and training providers. In particular, this report focuses on the current state of human resource management practice in both technical and further education and private registered training organisations. It also provides an assessment of the extent to which human resource management plays a truly strategic role and proposes approaches to improve both human resource management practice and its impact.
- Description: 2003007214
Learning to control : Training and work organization in Australian call centres
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Smith, Erica
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Industrial Relations Vol. 50, no. 2 (2008), p. 243-256
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- Description: The organization of work in call centres has been the centre of study and debate for a number of years. This article explores the adoption of nationally-recognized training (based on formal qualifications) in Australian call centres, which is now becoming quite widespread, and its relationship to work organization and human resource management practices. The article draws on a national research project that explored the take up of nationally recognized training by Australian employers. A number of call centres were included in this study that forms the basis for the present article. One of the major attractions for call centre employers, apart from the financial incentives involved in adoption, is the close fit between nationally recognized training and work organization. Because of its on-job nature, such training fits the close quantitative controls that characterize almost all call centres. Because of its integration into the workplace and into work organization, nationally recognized training seems to be moving human resource management processes towards an increased emphasis on employee development.
Modelling choice : Factors influencing modes of delivery in Australian universities
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Ling, Peter , Hill, Doug
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Research in Post-Compulsory Education Vol. 13, no. 3 (2008), p. 295-306
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- Description: This paper reports the findings of a study of Multiple Modes of Delivery in Australian universities that was commissioned by Australian Universities Teaching Committee over the period 2001-2004. The project examined and described the various means of educational delivery deployed by Australian universities. It identified the pedagogical, organisational and environmental factors impacting on university decisions to diversify course delivery across more than one location or mode. In this paper the authors report briefly on the first matter - the modes of delivery employed by Australian Universities. The paper focuses on the second issue - factors influencing university decision-making about modes of delivery.
- Description: 2003006065
Reasons for training: why Australian companies train their workers
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Oczkowski, Edward , Hill, Mark
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Conference paper
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- Description: This paper addresses the issue of why Australian companies train their workers. Despite the exhortations given to employers in Australia in recent years to improve their training performance, our understanding of employer training is very limited.....
The employer's role in developing skills for the new economy in Australia
- Authors: Smith, Andy
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: "Re-Engineering" dual training - the Malaysian experience Chapter p. 57-74
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- Description: 2003006833
To have and to hold : Retaining and utilising skilled people
- Authors: Smith, Andy , Oczkowski, Edward , Selby Smith, Chris
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: This report examines the ways in which Australian employers retain skilled staff and the ways in which employers enhance their ability to use the skills of their people. The study found that while strategies such as increasing wages and family friendly policies may increase an employee's job satisfaction, the key driver in employee retention is if they feel they are learning and progressing in their careers.
- Description: 2003007215
Training and high performance work systems: A case study in synergy
- Authors: Smith, Andy
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Handbook of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Research p. 641-647
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- Description: Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) research has become a recognized and well-defined area of interdisciplinary research. This is the first handbook of its kind that specifically concentrates on research and research methods in TVET. The book’s sections focus on particular aspects of the field, starting with a presentation of the genesis of TVET research. They further feature research in relation to policy, planning and practice. Various areas of TVET research are covered, including on the vocational disciplines and on TVET systems. Case studies illustrate different approaches to TVET research, and the final section of the book presents research methods, including interview and observation methods, as well as of experimentation and development. This handbook provides a comprehensive coverage of TVET research in an international context, and, with special focus on research and research methods, it is a cutting-edge resource and reference.
High quality traineeships : Identifying what works
- Authors: Smith, Erica , Comyn, Paul , Kemmis, Ros Brennan , Smith, Andy
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Report
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- Description: This study explores the common features of high-quality traineeships using case studies from the cleaning, child care, construction, retail, finance and insurance, and meat processing areas. The research identifies a range of policy measures that could improve both the practice and image of traineeships. A good practice guide has also been developed to assist in ensuring that all traineeships are of equally high quality.
- Description: 2003007937
Human resource management in TAFE institutes in Australia
- Authors: Smith, Andy
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 23rd ANZAM Conference 2009: Sustainable Management and Marketing, Melbourne, Victoria : 1st-4th December 2009
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- Description: This paper reports the results of a national research project into the impact of human resource management practices on teaching and learning performance in TAFE Institutes in Australia. The research and literature on human resource management and, more recently, on high performance work systems has suggested strongly that the implementation of more sophisticated policies of human resource management will result in higher levels of organisational performance. This research project tests this theory in the context of vocational education and training (VET). The research examines the formulation and implementation of human resource management practices in TAFE institutes. The project involved a survey of TAFE institutes which established the form and extent of human resource management and a series of case studies investigating the impact of human resource management on teaching and learning and other aspects of organisational performance.
- Description: 2003007598